Customize will display your edits, even if you don’t save

  • ht2psw3

    (@ht2psw3)


    3 years ago

    I only noticed it the other day and don’t know what the cause is. It could very well be a plugin causing the issue, but I just thought that I should bring this to everyone’s attention.

    I confirmed the issue by making a change to the background color of the site that I was working on. I made sure that I did not click the Publish button. I viewed the site while in Incognito mode. I was not logged in while in Incognito mode. However, the “unsaved” edits were live.

    If you test this, you may not see your edits instantly. I believe that it takes a few minutes for the edits to show on the live site.

    Let me know if more info (plugins, version, etc) is needed.

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  • Ian Sackofwits

    (@plantprogrammer)

    Hi, ht2psw3, could you please provide additional information about your situation so that we may attempt to replicate your environment to help troubleshoot your issue?

    Thread Starter ht2psw3

    (@ht2psw3)

    Sure. I was able to recreate the issue on another site. First, let me point out that for both sites:

    -I disabled caching from the Dashboard. I don’t know if that’s related to the issue.
    -Version 5.9 is installed
    -Blocksy theme is installed
    -Were installed using my host’s installer, which includes BoldGrid
    -Using the Customizer in the latest version of Chrome

    How I recreated the issue today:
    I accessed the Customizer and selected a new background color. The changes didn’t initially appear. While using the Customizer, I clicked a link to the homepage. The edits appeared on the live site a few seconds later.

    When I attempted to close the Customizer, I got a browser message that my changes may not be saved. I let the browser close the page.

    I reopened the Customizer and it displayed a message that there is an autosave available.

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    Watu Quiz***Installed on both sites and is the only plugin that I installed on the site referenced in my original post. I don’t believe that this is the issue, though.
    WP Mail SMTP***I hadn’t started using this when the issue occured, but I believe that it’s automatically installed when WP’s installed.
    WP Super Cache***If I recall correctly, I disabled caching from the Dashboard
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    Thread Starter ht2psw3

    (@ht2psw3)

    This appears to have resolved itself as of sometime yesterday. Do you know what could have been the issue?

    Thread Starter ht2psw3

    (@ht2psw3)

    Okay, this is strange. The edits are appearing on the live site again without me pressing the Publish button.

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